1966 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Joe Collier (9-4-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1966 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Joe Collier (9-4-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1966 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Bills yielded 255 points, fewest in the league. Buffalo piled up points with 358 points. Jack Kemp tossed for 2,451 yards. Elbert Dubenion hauled in 50 balls for 747 yards.
Bobby Burnett rushed for a team-leading 766 yards, and Wray Carlton also contributed to the rushing attack.
Tom Janik seized 8 opponent throws.
Joe Collier coached the team. The 1966 Buffalo Bills lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 389 | 166 | 42.7 | 2451 | 6.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 16 | 4.1 | 55 | 56.2 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 84 | 33 | 39.3 | 549 | 6.5 | 4 | 4.8 | 5 | 6.0 | 55 | 53.1 |
| Totals | 473 | 199 | 42.1 | 3000 | 6.3 | 15 | 3.2 | 21 | 4.4 | 55 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Burnett | 187 | 766 | 4.1 | 32 | 4 |
| Wray Carlton | 156 | 696 | 4.5 | 23 | 6 |
| Allen Smith | 31 | 148 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 40 | 130 | 3.2 | 26 | 5 |
| Jack Spikes | 28 | 119 | 4.2 | 36 | 3 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Paul Costa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 455 | 1892 | 4.2 | 36 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbert Dubenion | 50 | 747 | 14.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Bobby Burnett | 34 | 419 | 12.3 | 48 | 4 |
| Bobby Crockett | 31 | 533 | 17.2 | 53 | 3 |
| Paul Costa | 27 | 400 | 14.8 | 50 | 3 |
| Wray Carlton | 21 | 280 | 13.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 16 | 293 | 18.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 150 | 25.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 199 | 3000 | 15.1 | 55 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 69 | 2841 | 41.2 | 61 |
| Totals | 69 | 2841 | 41.2 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 18 | 209 | 11.6 | 73 | 1 |
| Butch Byrd | 23 | 186 | 8.1 | 72 | 1 |
| Hagood Clarke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 407 | 9.5 | 73 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Warner | 33 | 846 | 25.6 | 95 | 1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Pete Mills | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Schmidt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Costa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne DeSutter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1061 | 20.8 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Janik | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Butch Byrd | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 60 | 1 |
| Hagood Clarke | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 66 | 1 |
| Mike Stratton | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 472 | 16.3 | 66 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wray Carlton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Butch Byrd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Mills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Burnett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hagood Clarke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Booth Lusteg | 19 | 41 | 0 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Burnett | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Wray Carlton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Jack Spikes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Paul Costa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bobby Crockett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Tom Janik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charley Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hagood Clarke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Dunaway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
